GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| beleaguer | besiege |